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Municipalities & Local Coordinators - please use the forms on the Damage Assessment page to report any damage related to Hurricane Sandy. 

Franklin County Department of Emergency Services has begun a voluntary program collecting information on citizens with special needs - Information will be used during a disaster  Press Release      Special Needs Information Form 

Yellow Dot Program thru PennDot

CDC:  Campaign encourages smokers to "Talk with your Doctor"  for help quitting

 Tornadoes  Being Prepared

Residential Fire Environment

Coffee Break Training:    Learning Styles:  Applying Learning Styles     Fire Arson and Explosion

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities:  Tacoma, Washington    Phoenix, Arizona  Dallas, Texas

Coffee Break Training:  Automatic Sprinklers:  Water Mist Nozzles   AAR: After Action Review

Private Sector Resilience

Coffee Break Training:  Learning Styles    Hazardous Materials Bulk Liquid Oxygen Separation

Hazardous Materials:  Securing or Removing Unused Underground Tanks

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities:  Loganville PA   Hartselle, Alabama  Towson, MD    Cloudcroft, NM  Eutaw, Alabama      Westland, MI   

CDC:  Warm Weather is Here:  It's Time to Protect Against Ticks

FEMA:  Testing and Exercises of Preparedness Programs

Death in Line of Duty Investigations

Coffee Break Training:  Fire/Arson and Explosion Investigation

Coffee Break Training:  Automatic Sprinklers

FEMA:  Living with DAMS know your risk   Community Pet Preparedness

Coffee Break Training: Fire/Arson and Explosion Investigation Curriculum   Focus on Fire Prevention

During Washington County MD Gives Day, on Thursday, May 2^nd, let’s remind the community what everyday folks can do when they come together to support the safety of all children in Washington County.              Childrens-Village-Of-Washington-County-referral_code=share 

Franklin County Department of Emergency Services helped a local Girl Scout Troop with training in obtaining their first aid badge. In return as a thank you for the training and a tour of our facility they decided to choose us as the receiver of Project Cookie Jar. With Project Cookie Jar the Girl Scouts donated boxes of cookies for the entire staff of FCDES.

Pictured Left to Right:  Gregg Cerrone, Michael McAtee and John McCorriston

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities: Fertilizer Plant Explosion - West Volunteer Fire Department 5 Fatalities

Coffee Break Training:  Aboveground Sprinkler Pipe Air Pressure changes

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities:  Bedford, New Hampshire   West Union, Illinois

Coffee Break Training:  Developing a Leadership Mindset in Fire Prevention/Risk Reduction bureaus

Coffee Break Training: Automatic Sprinklers: Aboveground sprinkler pipe pneumatic testing

Coffee Break Training:  Emergency Responder Training Part 2

FEMA:  Tips on Preparing for Floods

Coffee Break Training:  Inspection Techniques:  Non sparking Tools  Mission Statement

Coffee Break Training:  Fire/Arson and Explosion Investigation Curriculum

Coffee Break Training:  Leading a Fire Prevention/Risk Reduction Bureau

IRS Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities:  Andover, New Jersey  Philadelphia, PA  Binghamton, New York  Buckner, Missouri

Coffee Break Training:   Indoor Parking and Servicing of LPG Transport Vehicles       

Coffee Break Training:   Hazardous Materials:  Parking LPG Cargo Vehicles

Coffee Break Training:  Safeguarding Homes from Arson    The Role of Scene Assessment or size up

Emergency Planning Exercises for your Organization

Purchasing and Maintaining Flood Insurance

Coffee Break Training:  Building Construction:  Fire Wall Parapet Alternatives

Coffee Break Training:  Getting ready for the unimagined- Looking at the Emergency Operations Plan

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities:  League City, Texas   Hudson, Illinois  Knotts Island, NC          Marietta, Georgia,  Jericho, New York, St George, South Carolina

U.S. Fire Administration releases Fire Estimate Summary Series (2007 - 2011)

U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification  More Information  March 2013

USFA release Fire Fighter Fatalities: Bryan, Texas  Bryan, Texas  Summit Hill, PA  Church Hill, TN

Coffee Break Training: Incident Commander  Automatic Sprinklers

Million Hearts Releases New Spanish-Language Resources on Heart Health

Private Sector Collaboration with FEMA

Coffee Break Training:  Emergency Medical Service Program  Emergency Responder Training

Coffee Break Training:  Hazardous Materials Part 7: Emergency Venting  Part 8 Venting for Pressure Tanks

Coffee Break Training:  Hazardous Materials Part 5:   Calculating Wetted Areas

Course announcement for Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRT). This course is being presented by the Department of Energy here at Franklin County Department of Emergency Services. It is imperative that we get as many people in this class as possible due to the radiation shipments that will be going down the I-81 corridor mid spring 2013. This is a 16 hour course, for a course description and registration form go to our Training Page.